You know, there was a time when I enjoyed teaching kindergarten. I sailed into that classroom on a cloud of joy, greeted by happy children eager to learn and grow.
And then he arrived. Now they snicker whenever my back is turned, conspirators sharing some unspoken secret. I know he’s behind it all, subtly mocking me without saying a word. I don’t know how he does it, but I won’t rest until I find out.
Actually, Tubby is the chinch in this picture, by Ippo456 of Chinchilla Nation!
Ooooooooooooooh the whiskers~! Look at all the flowy whiskers!!!!
Another day with NTMTOM en fuego!
Tubby is trying to keep the doctor away
Just a Chinch off the old block!
*high-fives Metz*
Bravo.
Be pleased he’s only written Tubby so far, he could have spelt TUVYABB then the mockery would be complete.
I love the name “Tubby” for a chinch – how cute is that?!
I’m not seeing a video. What happened?
J’aime la couleur de Tubby. Et aussi ses oreilles.
Pourquoi parlez-vous français?
Je parle en francais quelquefois, seulement pour m’amuser.
Heureusement, j’ai trouve qu’a Cute Overload, il y a des gens — comme vous — qui comprendent le francais, aussi
Il va loquacer comme on a jamais loquacé !
(c’est pas du bon français, mais c’est du bon Goscinny!)
Mais le francai la, c’est bien bonne!
Comme se parler ici en francais me fait heureuse!!
Je m’excuse, de ne pas avoir les particuliers marques d’accent,
sur mon keyboard
They do Teh Qute in Frants, too, yer kno.
(by the way — for the benefit of those qui ne parlent pas le francais –
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all of the francais above, is simply about the cute critter and also about speaking en francais. Nothing icky or unkind anywhere; no worries
Oui!
Yeah, suuuuure. That’s what they all say!
oui, c’est vrai
(giggle)
moi aussi. beautiful silvery fur. perfect expression and demeanor for the part NTMTOM has cast him in.
Well all I can say is Jag am inter har.
whaa? it’s like you’re speaking a whole different language
whaa? It’s like you are speaking a whole different language
another great post NOMTOM! this reminds me a little of bunnicula =) tubby the chinch looks like he’s about to put his pawsies together a la mr. burns …….
You guys have to make sure your screen is small enough when you come to Cute Overload that you can’t see the photo while you’re reading NTMTOM’s stories. They are so totally worth the suspense and the scrolldown. LOL!
C’est bien vrai, ca.
Anyone notice that last block on the right? Little guy is obviously a TeleTubby.
I was tying to find something witty to say about those blocks and all I could comme up with is his nomming on the the A is for apple block to keep the doctor away. Once again I bow to the Master of Wit that you are!
I noticed that, but I decided not to comment on tha, because dude, TeleTubbys are freaky and the chinch is totally adorable.
A, he’s adorable.
B, he’s so beautiful.
C, he’s a chinchilla full of charms…
D, he’s delightful!
@Theresa, thank you. (You got the reference.
E he is elegant
F he is full of fluffy fur
G he is glamorous.
LOL! Having worked with small (and medium and large) children before, I feel this poor teacher’s pain. However, had I had a chinchi to snorgle to relieve the stress, I feel it would have been much easier to endure.
Also, and I hate to do the hijack-a-thread-with-a-depressing-personal-story thing, but my doggy is having surgery today to remove some rather large stones from her bladder. If you could all just keep her in your warm fuzzy thoughts, I’d really appreciate it.
We are sending your doggy healing purrs!
Sending hugs to you Lizzy and scritches to your puppy… hoping all goes well.
Sigh!!!! moderated again … Boo hoo! Hey Sharpy what is the offending word that got me thrown in computer limbo!
“puppy”
anything “puppy”-related is immediately stuffed into the pneumatic tube and whooshed directly to me. it is then inspected, snorgled, tested, smelled, weighed, petted, named and THEN considered for approval.
or else you just wrote three comments at once and got the Mod-O-Tron2000© in a kerfuffle.
Heavens to Betsy! Not a kerfuffle- what will the neighbors say?!
We’re keeping our fingers crossed for your little one. Thank heavens that you were able to get help!
I’ll put my five cats on sending positive enegy to your baby, that should do the trick!
Wow, five cats. That’s a high purrcentage of positive energy for Lizzy’s pup.
Don’t you mean “a high purrcentage of pawsitive energy”?
many many hugs to Lizzie
yeah, don’t be a-skeert!
My puppeh thanks everyone for their kind wishes
Her surgery went fine – the vet found over 100 stones, most small, though she said 4 were “quite large,” and Phoebe needed a blood transfusion, but is now recovering nicely. She will get ear scritchums and (very very very delicate) tummeh rubs and all the snorgles she can handle.
yay!!! i call a nose kiss!
Er, okay… *kisses Sharpy’s nose*
Awkwaaaaaaard
(snerk)
LOL! very well done! LOL!
Sending all good thoughts for a full recovery for Miss Phoebelicious.
Hehe, that really is her nickname! (Except when she’s trying to be tough, in which case she’s Phoeberocious.) Thank you!
Naughtiness tag, oui?
I thought the AV at the end with the television was to indicate he’s in the AV club which of course, generates even more mocking and derision. At least, that’s what I’m told.
And hugs to Lizzy and her doglet! I hope he will be fine!
H he is huggable
I he is impossible cute
J he is full of joi de vivre
ARRGHHH!
ImpossiblY.
I he is impossiblY cute…
A part of me really wants a chinchilla coat. Except it would have to be a lattice-type that holds live chinchillas who love to snuggle and chirp (or whatever you call that sound).
Perhaps you need to give Tubby a real apple!
More chins, please!!
He’s got more chins than a Chinese phone book.
K He’s so Kooky
L He’s so Loveable
M I wish He was Mine
N is for the boopable nosicle
O is for “Oh noes, how did he get in my purse?”
P is for the purse, and
Q is for “quick…we gotta get outta here…”
R is for Raising Eyebrows (@ Lewis N’ Clark)
S is for snatching Chinchie back
T is for Traipsing off in Chinchie glee
U is for Uh-Oh when Peeps give chase
V is for Very Very Vivacious
W is for wonderfulness
X is for Xtra Closeup
Y is for Yummy snorgles
Z is for his zesty personality!
Now we’ve said our ABCs, tell us what you think of … oh never mind.
A is for apple and apple is to eat
A is for appple and I thinkl I will eat one
Not tubby!
Just fuzzy fuzzball!
Looky! I am building my vocabulary. One brick morsel at a time.
Ahh…and now for a roll in the dust.
“Rrrroll, rrrroll, rrrroll in ze hay….”
My brother had a pet chinchilla ages ago – they are the softest things imaginable!
I’m just glad he isn’t spelling out Redrum.
True story time: I work with 3 year olds and one day, they were running in circles like they normally do, only they were shouting nonsense. Eventually the nonsense turned into “Son of Sam, Son of Sam, Son of Sam…” over and over again. I got kinda scared, but I figured, Hey, they aren’t shouting Redrum at me.
EEK!!! I love chinnies! I have 2 and they’re just as wonderful *twirls*.
And as usual everyone’s comments make me guffaw aloud.
Blocks.
The original Flash Cards.
Now comes in Automatic.
(Chinchilla required; sold separately.)
oooh Blair
I never thought of it, like that!
You’re SO correct!!! Cha-CHING!!
that chinchilla is all *le cronshe*